My Simple AI Research Request Gets An F On Report Card; 18 0f 19 Wrong May 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes Much has been written and discussed about the potential and use of AI for business and marketing, but far less has been written covering off its flaws – like accuracy. I was putzing around in OpenAI this morning, trying different things. I tried to get a word cloud of the most common terms used by …
UK IT Services Firm Markets Digital Signage As Output, Like Print, From Software Suite May 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes A UK-based IT services company that focuses on retail solutions software is marketing a broad communications suite that includes digital signage capabilities, and warning potential customers to not “go down the rabbit hole” of using narrow-purpose digital signage software platforms. ECS Global says its Enterprise Communication Suite platform – called ECS5 – is a retail …
Atmosphere TV Jumps Pond; DOOH-Supported Streaming Service Now In UK May 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes The streaming on-premise content service Atmosphere has jumped to Europe, adding some 1,000 venues that are using free Apple TV boxes to run curated, ad-supported content channels on in-house TV screens. The Austin, Texas company also has its eyes on Australia and New Zealand as future expansion countries. The company now has 30 people in …
Global Digital Signage Awards Are Back, But With Better Defined Categories That Level The Entry Field May 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes The global Digital Signage Awards are back for 2023-24 – with Sixteen:Nine again being the main media sponsor. But there are some big changes in place for awards categories, with much more focus on impacts as opposed to market segments. Instead of celebrating the best submitted work in categories like workplace or digital out of …
Skykit Pivoting From Marketing CMS Software To Device Management Solutions Available To Competitors May 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes Minneapolis software firm Skykit is in the middle of a business pivot from a focus on chasing digital signage CMS software business in a crowded competitive field to offering a device management platform for signage that its competitors are welcome to integrate and use. The company has zeroed in on the Android operating system and …
Uniguest Acquires NYC-Based Enterprise Video Firm Bunch May 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes Uniguest has been one of the more active companies in digital signage M&A, and the Nashville digital signage solutions company announced today it has brought another firm under its corporate umbrella – the enterprise video and collaboration provider Bunch. Founded in 2016, NYC-based Bunch, says PR, has built an impressive client list and kept a …
Uniguest Goes Back To Future: Enabling Digital Signage On Hotel Business Center Screens May 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes The hospitality-centric digital signage solutions firm Uniguest has done a little back to the future thing, adding a digital signage mode to business center workstations in hotels – the original service offer of the Nashville-based company. Uniguest got its start in hotels like Hiltons by delivering and managing the business centers – the rooms or …
LED Display Market Seeing Double-Digit Growth, But LCD Market Still Has Life: Omdia May 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes The research firm Omdia expects the LED video display market to grow at a 12.1% CAGR clip over the next three years, but notes there is still plenty of life left for at least some aspects of the LCD public display market because of the cost delta between fine pitch LED and LCD. From Omdia’s …
Madrid Metro Upgrading Passenger Info Platform To Make Screens Smarter May 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes There are stories all the time about big mass transport venues that undergo renovations, upgrades and expansions, putting in big screens and flashy experiential set-ups. We hear far less, though, about infrastructure upgrades – like efforts by Madrid’s subway system to integrate more data and make its system smart for both passengers and operators. The …
Digital Signage Education Agenda – Under D=Sign Banner – Set For June At InfoComm May 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes The digital signage education components of the upcoming InfoComm trade show have been set, with a lot of it tied to the D=Sign program put together with the Digital Signage Federation. The courses run June 13-15 in Orlando, at the same venue as the big pro-AV trade show. It would take me many hours to …
